#8B1480#8B1480

#8B1480 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.187 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1480
RGB	rgb(139, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(306, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(306, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.6%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 57.64, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 65.54, 331.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.1662 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.187 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7940, 7.5491, 21.0959)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1480 #148B1F

analogous

#5A148B #8B1480 #8B1444

triadic

#8B1480 #808B14 #14808B

tetradic

#8B1480 #8B5A14 #148B1F #14448B

square

#8B1480 #8B5A14 #148B1F #14448B

split-complementary

#8B1480 #448B14 #148B5A

monochromatic

#20051D #550C4F #8B1480 #C11CB1 #E237D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8B1480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B1480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1480

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1480	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#084383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40537D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91254C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.187 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b164a5',
    500: '#8b1480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1480;
$custom-light: #b164a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.546,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44766,
    "c": 0.1871,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1480

secondary

#3CBF48

accent

#F14836

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1480

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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